ci: Workaround for GH actions to recache runtimes (#6076)

List the available simulators as  a workaround for GH actions to recache
and detect missing runtimes.

Author: philipphofmann

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - run: ./scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh 16.4
+
       - name: Build for Debug
         run: |
           ./scripts/sentry-xcodebuild.sh \
@@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - run: ./scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh 16.4
+
       - name: Build for Release
         run: |
           ./scripts/sentry-xcodebuild.sh \
@@ -244,6 +248,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - run: ./scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh 16.4
+
       - name: Build for Debug
         run: |
           ./scripts/sentry-xcodebuild.sh \
@@ -270,6 +276,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - run: ./scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh 16.4
+
       - name: Build for Release
         run: |
           ./scripts/sentry-xcodebuild.sh \

scripts/ci-select-xcode.sh

@@ -7,9 +7,33 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Disable SC1091 because it won't work with pre-commit
+# shellcheck source=./scripts/ci-utils.sh disable=SC1091
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/ci-utils.sh"
+
 XCODE_VERSION="${1}"
 
 # We prefer this over calling `sudo xcode-select` because it will fail if the Xcode version
 # is not installed. Also xcodes is preinstalled on the GH runners.
 xcodes select "$XCODE_VERSION"
 swiftc --version
+
+
+begin_group "List Available Simulators"
+
+# On GH actions this command should cause the GH actions to recache and detect missing runtimes, as pointed out in
+# https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/12948#issuecomment-3248563014
+# The command is fast and should avoids problems we had with GH actions not having specific simulators installed 
+# see https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/pull/6053.
+
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+xcrun simctl list
+
+end_time=$(date +%s)
+xcrun_simctl_list_duration=$((end_time - start_time))
+
+end_group
+
+# We want to log the duration after the group, because otherwise it's hidden at the end of the group.
+echo "List Available Simulators completed in ${xcrun_simctl_list_duration} seconds"